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File 6/1912 Part 1 'Persia: Shiraz affairs; attack on Mr Smart; Swedish gendarmerie' [288r] (69/472)
The record is made up of 1 item (236 folios). It was created in Jan 1912-Jun 1912. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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CONFIDENTIAL.
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Sir Edward Grey to Sir G. Barclay {Tehran).
(N°. 2.12.) R (jmM Foreign Office, April 2, 1912, IT5 p.m.
1 CUR telegrams Nos. 185 of 12th March and 193 of 15th March : Situation in
boutp, .Persia.
Sis Majesty’s Government have carefully considered the whole situation in South
.Persia, with special reference to the attack on Mr. Smart.
1. It seems essential that the men who are well known locally to have been ouilty
or that outrage should be handed over to the Persian Government for punishment? If
tins were done His Majesty’s Government would at once withdraw the detachment now
at ktoshire, and if the tribal chiefs and headmen have shown a friendly feeling and
peaceful attitude for at least two months, and no more road outrages occur, the^with-
drawal of the cavalry from Shiraz and Ispahan will follow.
The Persian Government must, however, understand that continuance of this
benevolent attitude on the part of His Majesty’s Government must depend on the
establishment of an efficient Swedish gendarmerie, and they must therefore under
take before final withdrawal of troops to support the Swedish officers by all means in
their power Phey must also induce the Nejef clergy and Tehran extremists to
telegraph to tribes as proposed by Sir P. Cox.
Fro ™ your telegram No. 219 of 29th March it appears that Kawam is maintaining
ordei well at Shiraz, and it would perhaps be inadvisable to supersede him just at the
time oi the tribal immigration, but the new Governor-General should be sent to Pars
as soon as possible and a good post found for Kawam; but whoever is Governor-
General it is essential that he should have full support of Persian Government and the
necessary money.
, -^ n Vlew jm P rov ed situation I am inclined to postpone making anv proposal
to the Persian Government for subsidising the tribal chiefs. You may inform them
that anything of this nature would, of course, not have been done without their
concurrence and approval and the prestige of the Central Government would have
been carefully safeguarded.
d. The occupation of Basidu is not necessary.
i ^ ^ oes . n °t seem advisable to make any public announcement of our policv
beyond informing the Persian Government.
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Part 1 consists of correspondence relating to insecurity in southern Persia, particularly around Shiraz and along the Shiraz-Bushire roads. The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters:
- the decision of whether to arm Shiraz or to evacuate the city;
- concern over Russia filling the gap left by the British were they to evacuate;
- the situation on the ground, conveyed in several reports;
- the proposal to occupy Bushire with a battalion and to subsidize local chiefs to maintain the roads;
- the Persian Government plan to employ Swedish officers to command and train a gendarmerie along some of the roads;
- British claims for reparation from the Persian Government following an attack on the Shiraz Consul, Mr Smart, and his escort;
- the question of providing winter quarters for Indian troops in Shiraz should they have remain there for the season.
The discussion over such matters is mostly between the Foreign Office, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , War Office, Government of India, and Minister at Tehran. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Included is memorandum on the situation in Southern Persia by J E F, Political Department, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , 16 February 1912.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.
The subject 6 (Persia) consists of this one volume. The volume is divided into two parts.
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